Moisés Kaufman
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Moisés Kaufman is a Venezuelan-American playwright and director known for his documentary-style theater works exploring social justice and LGBTQ+ themes.
All labels observed (1)
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| Moisés Kaufman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10323270 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moisés Kaufman Context triple: [The Laramie Project, creator, Moisés Kaufman]
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A.
Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, and monologuist known for his intense character work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "Talk Radio" and "Uncut Gems."
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B.
John Pielmeier
John Pielmeier is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor best known for his stage and screen work on psychological and religious dramas.
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C.
George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe is an acclaimed American theater and film director and playwright known for his influential work on Broadway and in cinema, particularly in bringing powerful African American stories to the screen and stage.
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D.
Jon Robin Baitz
Jon Robin Baitz is an American playwright, screenwriter, and producer known for works such as the play "Other Desert Cities" and for creating the television drama series "Brothers & Sisters."
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E.
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor, and director renowned for his innovative, often haunting depictions of the American West and family dysfunction in works like "Buried Child" and "True West."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moisés Kaufman Target entity description: Moisés Kaufman is a Venezuelan-American playwright and director known for his documentary-style theater works exploring social justice and LGBTQ+ themes.
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A.
Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, and monologuist known for his intense character work in film, television, and theater, including roles in projects like "Talk Radio" and "Uncut Gems."
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B.
John Pielmeier
John Pielmeier is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor best known for his stage and screen work on psychological and religious dramas.
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C.
George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe is an acclaimed American theater and film director and playwright known for his influential work on Broadway and in cinema, particularly in bringing powerful African American stories to the screen and stage.
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D.
Jon Robin Baitz
Jon Robin Baitz is an American playwright, screenwriter, and producer known for works such as the play "Other Desert Cities" and for creating the television drama series "Brothers & Sisters."
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E.
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor, and director renowned for his innovative, often haunting depictions of the American West and family dysfunction in works like "Buried Child" and "True West."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Venezuelan-American
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person ⓘ playwright ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Drama Desk Award
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Lucille Lortel Award NERFINISHED ⓘ National Medal of Arts ⓘ Outer Critics Circle Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directed |
33 Variations (Broadway production)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (stage production) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Laramie Project (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Laramie Project (stage production) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
LGBTQ+ rights
ⓘ
social justice ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| founded | Tectonic Theater Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary theatre
ⓘ
verbatim theatre ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | Ukrainian-Jewish descent ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
documentary film techniques
ⓘ
verbatim testimony ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Tectonic Theater Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | LGBT theatre ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
NERFINISHED
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Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
LGBTQ+ themes in theatre
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documentary-style theatre ⓘ social justice themes in theatre ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Moment Work (devising technique) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
33 Variations
NERFINISHED
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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (direction) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde NERFINISHED ⓘ One Arm (adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Laramie Project NERFINISHED ⓘ The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
playwright
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producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The Laramie Project (film adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moisés Kaufman Description of subject: Moisés Kaufman is a Venezuelan-American playwright and director known for his documentary-style theater works exploring social justice and LGBTQ+ themes.
Referenced by (3)
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